The Northwest Territories evacuation order for Yellowknife and British Columbia’s declared provincewide state of emergency are the latest additions to Canada’s record-breaking reports on wildfire devastation. With over 13.4 million hectares of land burned, the severity of Canadian wildfires is undoubtedly a result of climate change. Rising greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures have led …
Celebrate Herstory—get to know 5 incredible Canadian women in 3 sentences each. Viola Desmond First on our roster is Viola Desmond, who you may recognize from the Canadian $10 bill. Viola was instrumental in spurring the Canadian Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s by standing up against segregation in a Nova Scotian movie theatre and refusing …
Part 3 in an ongoing series of voting-related blogs by Women’s Centre volunteers leading up to the federal election. It’s less than a week away from Election Day. For the past two months we’ve heard a lot about economic plans, taxes, jobs, and foreign policy. We haven’t heard a lot about how these policies will …
Part 2 in an ongoing series of voting-related blogs by Women’s Centre volunteers leading up to the federal election. Ever see the statues of the five women in Olympic Plaza and wonder what they were all about? These are the “Famous Five” – Nelly McClung, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby …